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No. 751,114. PATENTED FEB. 2, 1904-. J. 0. SIMERING.

SHOE POLISHING CHAIR.

APPLICATION FILED 017T 15. 1803.

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PATENT OEEIcE.

SHOE-POLISHING CHAIR.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 751,114, dated February2, 1904.

Application filed October 15, 1903. Serial No. 177,198. (No model.)

To all whmn it may concern:

Be itknown that I, JOHN CLINTON SIMERING, of the city of Baltimore andState of Maryland, have invented certain Improvements in Shoe-PolishingChairs, of which the following is a specification.

The object of this invention is to construct a shoe-polishing chairadapted to be placed in charge of an operator who is required by theowner of the chair to make monetary returns in accordance with thenumber of persons who have occupied the chair and had their shoespolished while seated therein, as will hereinafter fully appear.

In the description of the said invention which follows reference is madeto the accompanying drawings, forming a part hereof, and in which Figure1 is a perspective view of the improved chair, andFig. 2 a verticalsection of the same.

Referring to the drawings, 1 is a platform made, preferably, of boards,so as to be hollow and closed, and 2 avertical sleeve secured to the topof the same.

3 is a shaft adapted to rotate loosely in the sleeve 2, with its lowerend stepped in the bottom board of the platform. At its upper end thesaid shaft is provided with a flange 1, which is secured to the underside of the seat 5 of the chair.

6 represents the back of the chair, and 7 7 are foot-rests secured tothe platform at its front edge.

8 is a fixed annular rack secured within and to the bottom of theplatform and concentric with the shaft 3, and 9 a circular platefastened to the shaft 3 at a point above the annular rack, carrying ahinged pawl 10, the point of which engages with the ratchet-teeth of theannular rack 8 in such manner as to prevent the rotation of the chairexcept in one direction.

12 is a guard of such character as will prevent any person seatinghimself in the chair while'the same is in the position shown in thedrawings and allow of the chair being occu- 1. The bar extends upwardand backward over the chair, and its central portion is curved, asshown, in order that it may partially inclose the occupant when he isseated with his feet on the rests 7 The relation of the upper part ofthe guard to the seat of the chair is such that it does not incommodeits occupant and merely prevents his leaving the chair until it isturned around to the side A, which is at the rear of the platform, asbefore stated.

14 and 15 are meshed miter gear-wheels, the former secured to thecentral rotary shaft 3 and the latter on a horizontally-placed shaft 16,which is suitably supported from the inner side of the top of theplatform.

To the outer end of the shaft 16 is applied an ordinary counter 18,which records or registers the number of revolutions made by the chair.A detailed construction of the counter is not shown, nor is itnecessary, as it is a common and well-known device.

When the chair is not in use, it is placed so as to face the rear side Aof the platform and may then be occupied by the person whose shoes areto be polished. The operator then turns the chair around so that itsoccupant may place his feet on the rests 7, when the guard prevents hisleaving the chair until it is rotated in the same direction and broughtto its original position, an operation which is performed as soon as theshoe-polishing act is finished.

From the foregoing it will be seen that the chair must perform onecomplete rotation every time it is used, and each rotation is registeredby the counter 18.

I claim as my invcntion- In combination with a rotary chair havingratchet mechanism whereby it may be rotated in one direction only, aguard cooperating with the chair to prevent the occupant of the chairleaving the same when the chair is in the position necessary to itspeculiar use, and a counting apparatus whereby the number of completerevolutions of the chair is recorded, substantially as, and for thepurpose specified.

JOHN CLINTON SIMERING.

Witnesses:

FELIX R. SULLIVAN, ERNEST B. KATZENBERGER.

